Kunguma Pottu Gounder
Kunguma Pottu Gounder is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Suraj (credited as G. Saisuresh) and produced by Vishnuram under Ganga Gowri Productions. The film stars Sathyaraj, Rambha in lead roles with Kausalya, Karan, Mouli and Goundamani in supporting roles.[1] The film was remade in Kannada as Mutthu (2002) starring Ramesh Aravind.
| Kunguma Pottu Gounder | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Suraaj (credited as G.Sai Suresh) |
| Produced by | G. N. Vishnuram |
| Written by | T. K. Maheswar (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Suraaj |
| Story by | T. K. Maheswar |
| Starring | Sathyaraj Rambha Kausalya Goundamani |
| Music by | Sirpy |
| Cinematography | D. Shankar |
| Edited by | R. Sureshrajan |
Production company | Ganga Gowri Productions |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Plot
Kandasamy (Sathyaraj) is an illiterate man working in a textile shop with his friend Chinnasamy (Goundamani). He is married to the illiterate Alamelu (Rambha) and the couple has a son named Sakthivel (Kaushik Sundaram). Kandasamy wants his son to study in a renowned school where the parents are required to be graduates. Saraswati (Kausalya), a young and educated woman, then starts to work in the textile shop and Kandasamy asks her to act as his child's mother. In a flashback, his father Kunguma Pottu Gounder (Sathyaraj) was a kindhearted and a rich man who helped the needy but he was illiterate and he didn't send his son to school. One day, he lost all his wealth because of his lack of education. Kunguma Pottu Gounder then died of shock but before dying, he asked his son Kandasamy to not make the same mistake as he did and begged him to send his son to school. Saraswati finally accepts to act as his child's mother and his son joins the school. Everything goes well as Kandasamy's planned until Saraswati's lover Shiva (Karan) and Kandasamy's wife Alamelu find out about the cham.
Cast
- Sathyaraj as Kandasamy/Kunguma Pottu Gounder (dual role)
- Rambha as Alamelu
- Kausalya as Saraswati
- Goundamani as Chinnasamy
- Karan as Shiva
- Ramesh Khanna as Paramasivam
- T. S. B. K. Moulee as School principal and Shiva's brother
- Vinu Chakravarthy as Alamelu's father
- Pandu as Sundaram Pillai
- Sindhu as School teacher
- Balu Anand as Textile shop owner
- Bayilvan Ranganathan as Police inspector
- Vichu Viswanath as Lawyer
- Master Kaushik as Sakthivel, Kandasamy's son
- Master Bharath as young Kandasamy
- Suryakanth
- Kalidoss
- Arulmani
- MLA Thangaraj
- Omakuchi Narasimhan
- Gowthami Vembunathan
- Priyanka as Saraswati's friend
- Soundar as Munusamy
- Lekhasri in a special appearance
- Radhika Chaudhari in a special appearance
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Sirpy.[2]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Azhagan Ponnu" | Mano | Pazhani Bharathi |
| 2 | "Kozhi Kuzhambu" | Krishnaraj | |
| 3 | "Mudhal Mudhala" | P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram | |
| 4 | "Naan Kulikkum" | Mano, Anuradha Sriram | |
| 5 | "Poovum Kaatrum" | P. Unnikrishnan | Ra. Ravishankar |
Reception
Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu praised the comic exchanges of Sathyaraj and Goundamani and said, "despite fairly good acting and appealing dialogue the film does not make an impact, it is the pitfalls in the story and screenplay that are to be blamed".[3]
References
- http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=kunguma%20pottuk%20koundar
- http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Kunguma-Pottu-Goundar-songs-T0000322
- Malathi Rangarajan (22 June 2001). "Film Review: Kunguma Pottu Gounder". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 June 2019.